London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

Amir Khan has taken the first step towards regaining a world title with a stoppage win over previously unbeaten Carlos Molina in a fight he had admitted was "make or break" following two devastating defeats.

Sir Roger Carr, the head of Britain’s biggest business group, today called on firms to back Europe as “the bedrock of our international trade” that should be “viewed as the launchpad from which our global trade can expand — not the land mass from which we retreat”.